Panasonic TS6 vs Sony A6300

Its time to look more closely at the Panasonic TS6 versus Sony A6300, one being a Waterproof and the other is a Advanced Mirrorless by competitors Panasonic and Sony. There exists a sizeable gap between the resolutions of the TS6 (16MP) and A6300 (24MP) and the TS6 (1/2.3") and A6300 (APS-C) posses totally different sensor sizes.

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The TS6 was unveiled 13 months prior to the A6300 making them a generation apart from one another. Both of these cameras have different body design with the Panasonic TS6 being a Compact camera and the Sony A6300 being a Rangefinder-style mirrorless camera.

Before getting straight to a thorough comparison, here is a brief view of how the TS6 grades versus the A6300 in relation to portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

Following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS6 and Sony Alpha a6300. The full galleries are available at Panasonic TS6 Gallery and Sony A6300 Gallery.

When you are going to lug around your camera frequently, you are going to need to take into account its weight and dimensions. The Panasonic TS6 enjoys external measurements of 110mm x 67mm x 29mm (4.3" x 2.6" x 1.1") accompanied by a weight of 214 grams (0.47 lbs) whilst the Sony A6300 has dimensions of 120mm x 67mm x 49mm (4.7" x 2.6" x 1.9") with a weight of 404 grams (0.89 lbs).

Look at the Panasonic TS6 versus Sony A6300 in the latest Camera with Lens Size Comparison Tool.

Keep in mind, the weight of an Interchangeable Lens Camera will vary depending on the lens you are using at that time. Here is a front view dimension comparison of the TS6 against the A6300.

Using dimensions and weight, the portability score of the TS6 and A6300 is 91 and 83 respectively.

Normally, its difficult to envision the contrast between sensor measurements merely by checking technical specs. The visual here might provide you a greater sense of the sensor sizing in the TS6 and A6300.

As you can tell, each of the cameras provide different resolutions and different sensor measurements. The TS6 having a tinier sensor will make achieving shallow DOF trickier and the Sony A6300 will resolve more detail having an extra 8 Megapixels. Greater resolution will enable you to crop pics more aggressively. The older TS6 is going to be behind with regard to sensor innovation.